Trunk Release Button Deteriorating

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Oct 25, 2020 | 05:25 PM

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Joe Z

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Originally Posted by AntiStupid

Did mine today, wanted to give a bit of advice with removing the carpet plug things.

Medium sized zip tie. Pass it through the plug and then pull it out (I used lineman pliers). Zero damage to the plug and its painless.

And if you don't have zip ties some basic left over wiring works just as good

Or pick up panel pooper tool ahead of the job.

I swapped mine out back in March along with few other aging things..

Joe Z

Last edited by Joe Z; Oct 25, 2020 at 05:32 PM.

Oct 26, 2020 | 12:13 PM

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iH8RICERZ

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Glad this topic was brought back to life. Mine has been soft, sticky and barely works in the recent year. Going to look for a new switch now... ebay the best price right now ($54)?

Jan 26, 2021 | 04:02 PM

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UCrazyKid

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I will be doing mine this week. I'm surprised it has lasted as long as it has 13yrs. I guess I have covered parking to thank for that.

Jan 30, 2021 | 10:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AntiStupid

Medium sized zip tie. Pass it through the plug and then pull it out (I used lineman pliers). Zero damage to the plug and its painless.

Excellent idea, thank you for sharing. My trim tools never seem quite right to extract these clips, and it is difficult to use a screwdriver in the slot without mangling the head.

I received these generic 90467-08186's last week, they seem like they will work well, <50% of OEM clip's cost at online parts outlets.